Kategorie: Pressemitteilungen
Erster europäischer Exascale-Superrechner kommt nach Jülich
EuroHPC JU, das European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking, wählt das Forschungszentrum Jülich als Partner im deutschen Gauss Centre for Supercomputing aus, um den ersten europäischen Supercomputer der nächsten Generation zu betreiben.
Jülich, 15. Juni 2022 – Die Entscheidung ist gefallen. Das Forschungszentrum Jülich wird Standort des ersten europäischen Exascale-Rechners. Der Supercomputer soll als erster Rechner in Europa die Grenze von 1 Trillion Rechenoperationen pro Sekunde – einer „1“ mit 18 Nullen – brechen. Beschafft werden soll das System von der europäischen Supercomputing-Initiative EuroHPC JU. Der Exascale-Rechner wird dazu beitragen, bedeutende und drängende wissenschaftliche Fragen zu lösen, etwa zum Klimawandel, zur Bewältigung von Pandemien und zur nachhaltigen Energieerzeugung, und den intensiven Einsatz von Künstlicher Intelligenz sowie die Analyse großer Datenmengen ermöglichen. Die Gesamtkosten für das System belaufen sich auf 500 Mio. Euro. 250 Mio. Euro werden von der europäischen Supercomputing-Initiative EuroHPC JU und 250 Mio. Euro zu gleichen Teilen vom Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF) und dem Ministerium für Kultur und Wissenschaft des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen (MKW NRW) getragen. (…) Weiterlesen »
AMD Details Strategy to Drive Next Phase of Growth Across $300 Billion Market for High-Performance and Adaptive Computing Solutions
AMD unveils next-generation hardware and software roadmaps, expanded product portfolio addressing new markets, and strategies to accelerate data center growth and deliver pervasive AI leadership
SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 09, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Today at its Financial Analyst Day, AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) outlined its strategy to deliver its next phase of growth driven by the company’s expanded portfolio of high-performance and adaptive computing products spanning the data center, embedded, client, and gaming markets.
“From the cloud and PCs to communications and intelligent endpoints, AMD’s high-performance and adaptive computing solutions play an increasingly larger role in shaping the capabilities of nearly every service and product defining the future of computing today,” said Dr. Lisa Su, AMD chair and CEO. “The close of our transformational acquisition of Xilinx and our expanded portfolio of leadership compute engines provide AMD with significant opportunities to deliver continued strong revenue growth with compelling shareholder returns as we capture a larger share of the diverse $300 billion market for our high-performance and adaptive products.” (…) Weiterlesen »
AMD Announces Pricing of Senior Notes Offering
SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 07, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Following the previous announcement of the launch of a senior notes offering, AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) announced today that it has priced an underwritten public offering (the “Offering”) of $1 billion aggregate principal amount of senior notes, consisting of $500 million aggregate principal amount of its 3.924% Senior Notes due 2032 (the “2032 Notes”) and $500 million aggregate principal amount of its 4.393% Senior Notes due 2052 (the “2052 Notes,” and together with the 2032 Notes, the “Notes”).
The 2032 Notes will mature on June 1, 2032 and will bear interest at a rate of 3.924% per annum, and the 2052 Notes will mature on June 1, 2052 and will bear interest at a rate of 4.393% per annum. The Notes will be senior unsecured obligations of the Company.
The Offering is expected to close on June 9, 2022, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from this offering for general corporate purposes.
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Dell — Newest Precision Powerhouse Features AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO
Precision 7865 Tower unites performance and computing power in AMD-powered Precision workstation.
It’s no coincidence that in our 25th anniversary year of Dell Precision, we’ve unveiled some of the most powerful workstations ever – with no signs of slowing. It began earlier this year when we introduced the world’s most powerful 14-inch mobile workstation¹, followed by last month’s unveiling of the new Precision 7000 Series mobile workstations. Not only do these offer the latest technological advancements, the Precision 7000 Series features a new form factor for DDR5 memory that we anticipate will become a new industry standard.
Which brings us to today, and the introduction of the Precision 7865 Tower, featuring the AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ PRO 5000 WX-Series processors. Whether you’re creating the next animated blockbuster, developing trend-setting AR initiatives or analyzing massive data sets, this professional workstation brings together immense power, flexibility and reliability in one system.
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AMD Announces Senior Notes Offering
SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 07, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) announced today that it intends to offer, subject to market and other conditions, senior notes (the “Notes”) in an underwritten public offering (the “Offering”). The Notes will be senior unsecured obligations of the Company. AMD intends to use the net proceeds from this offering for general corporate purposes.
Barclays Capital Inc., BofA Securities, Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC are acting as joint book-running managers and underwriters for the Offering.
The Offering will be made pursuant to an automatically effective shelf registration statement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on June 6, 2022 (the “Registration Statement”). Copies of the preliminary prospectus supplement and the accompanying base prospectus for the Offering may be obtained by contacting Barclays Capital Inc. at 1–888-603‑5847 (toll free), BofA Securities, Inc. at 1–800-294‑1322 (toll free), Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC at 1–800-221‑1037 (toll free), J.P. Morgan Securities LLC at 1–212-834‑4533 and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC at +1–800-645‑3751 (toll free). Copies of the preliminary prospectus supplement and the accompanying base prospectus will also be available on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov. (…) Weiterlesen »
AMD to Host Financial Analyst Day on June 9, 2022
SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 02, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) announced that the company will host its Financial Analyst Day on Thursday, June 9, 2022, to share updates to the company’s corporate strategy, technology and product roadmaps, long-term financial model targets and growth opportunities. A live video webcast of the presentation with slides will be available on the Investor Relations portion of its website www.amd.com. A replay of the webcast can be accessed approximately 4 hours after the conclusion of the live event, along with copies of executive presentations.
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AMD Expands High Performance Compute Fund to Aid Researchers Solving the World’s Toughest Challenges
AMD Combines HPC Fund with Xilinx Heterogeneous Accelerated Compute Cluster (HACC) Program and Adds Seven Petaflops of Supercomputer Capacity to Power Groundbreaking Research
SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 01, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) today announced the expansion of its High Performance Compute (HPC) Fund with the addition of 7 petaflops of computing power to assist global researchers working to solve the most demanding challenges facing society today. AMD also announced that the AMD HPC Fund will now integrate Xilinx Heterogeneous Accelerated Compute Clusters (HACC) program, providing researchers with access to AMD EPYC™ processors, AMD Instinct™ accelerators, Xilinx Alveo™ accelerators and Xilinx Versal™ ACAPs to advance research in areas including climate change, health care, transportation, big data and more.
The new contribution brings the total amount of computing capacity donated by AMD to over 20 petaflops with a market value of more than $31 million, as of May 2022. The additional computing resources will build on the AMD COVID-19 HPC Fund that was established in 2020 to provide research institutions with computing resources to accelerate medical research on COVID-19 and other diseases.
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Expandable Embedded System with AMD Ryzen Embedded V2000 Processor
Taipei, Taiwan, May 31, 2022 — IBASE Technology Inc. (TPEx: 8050), a world leader in embedded boards and computing solutions, unveils its CMI211-989 embedded system powered by AMD Ryzen Embedded V2000 processors based on the innovative “Zen 2” x86 core architecture using advanced 7nm manufacturing process. The system harnesses the power AMD Ryzen™ Embedded V2748/V2718 CPU with Radeon™ Graphics to enable 25% more PCIe lanes and deliver 40 percent better graphics performance over the previous generation SoC.
CMI211-989 houses IBASE’s MI989 Mini-ITX motherboard supporting up to four independent 4K displays via DP 1.4 ports to create 3D immersive experiences in retail, gaming, and factory automation applications. Measuring 269(w) x 193(d) x 31.5(h) mm, it offers rich I/O connectivity, storage, expansion capabilities and supports 4x COM, 3x USB3.1, 2x USB2.0, a 2.5” drive bay and a PCIe(x16) slot for riser cards expansion. (…) Weiterlesen »
Ayar Labs to Accelerate Development and Application of Optical Interconnects in Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning Architectures with NVIDIA
SANTA CLARA, Calif. –May 25, 2022 – Ayar Labs, the leader in chip-to-chip optical connectivity, is developing with NVIDIA groundbreaking artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure based on optical I/O technology to meet future demands of AI and high performance computing (HPC) workloads. The collaboration will focus on integrating Ayar Labs’ technology to develop scale-out architectures enabled by high-bandwidth, low-latency and ultra-low-power optical-based interconnects for future NVIDIA products. Together, the companies plan to accelerate the development and adoption of optical I/O technology to support the explosive growth of AI and machine learning (ML) applications and data volumes. (…) Weiterlesen »
World’s First Exascale Supercomputer Powered by AMD EPYC™ Processors and AMD Instinct™ Accelerators
— Frontier supercomputer, powered by AMD EPYC CPUs and AMD Instinct Accelerators, achieves number one spots on Top500, Green500 and HPL-AI performance lists, an industry first —
— AMD powers five of the top ten most powerful and eight of the top ten most efficient supercomputers in the world —
SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 30, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Today, AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) showcased its continued leadership in high performance computing (HPC) by powering the fastest and the most energy efficient supercomputers in the world, according to the latest Top500 and Green500 lists.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s (ORNL) Frontier system submitted its very first score to the Top500 list of 1.1 exaflops, making it the world’s fastest supercomputer and the first to break the exascale barrier. Frontier’s performance is more than double the number two system and greater than the sum of the next seven systems on the latest Top500 list.
In addition, the Frontier test and development system (TDS) secured the top spot on the Green500 list, delivering 62.68 gigaflops/watt power-efficiency from a single cabinet of optimized 3rd Gen AMD EPYC™ processors and AMD Instinct™ MI250x accelerators. Finally, Frontier’s mixed-precision computing performance clocked in at 6.86 exaflops, as measured by the High-Performance Linpack-Accelerator Introspection, or HPL-AI, test. Next steps for Frontier include continued testing and validation of the system, which remains on track for final acceptance and early science access later in 2022, and open for full science at the beginning of 2023. (…) Weiterlesen »
TYAN Brings Modern HPC Server Platforms for Data Centers at ISC 2022
Taipei, Taiwan, May 27, 2022 — TYAN®, an industry-leading server platform design manufacturer and a MiTAC Computing Technology Corporation subsidiary, will exhibit its latest HPC platforms powered by 3rd Gen AMD EPYC™ Processors with AMD 3D V‑Cache™ technology for data centers deployments at ISC 2022 event from May 30th to June 1st at booth#D400 in Hamburg, Germany.
“The amount of data generated by humans and machines has increased exponentially and this requires a steady increase of data center compute performance, therefore, modern data centers need balanced hardware to efficiently manage growing data volumes”, said Danny Hsu, Vice President of MiTAC Computing Technology Corporation’s Server Infrastructure Business Unit. “TYAN’s server platforms built upon AMD EPYC™ 7003 Series processors provide the best foundation for datacenters that can be tailored to specific workloads with balancing hardware design.”
Optimizing for HPC computation, database performance, and high data throughput at the edge
Powered by 3rd Gen AMD EPYC processors with AMD 3D V‑Cache technology, the Transport HX TN83-B8251 is a 2U dual-socket server with 16 DDR4-3200 DIMM slots and eight 3.5‑inch hot-swap SATA or NVMe U.2 tool-less drive bays. The platform supports up to four double-wide GPU cards and two additional low-profile PCIe 4.0 x16 slots that provide optimized topology to improve HPC and deep learning performance. (…) Weiterlesen »
AMD Instinct™ MI200 Adopted for Large-Scale AI Training in Microsoft Azure
ꟷ Microsoft Azure is the first public cloud to deploy AMD Instinct MI200 accelerators ꟷ
SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 26, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) and Microsoft continued their collaboration in the cloud, with Microsoft announcing the use of AMD Instinct™ MI200 accelerators to power large scale AI training workloads. In addition, Microsoft announced it is working closely with the PyTorch Core team and AMD data center software team to optimize the performance and developer experience for customers running PyTorch on Microsoft Azure and ensure that developers’ PyTorch projects take advantage of the performance and features of AMD Instinct accelerators.
“AMD Instinct MI200 accelerators provide customers with cutting-edge AI and HPC performance and will power many of the world’s fastest supercomputer systems that push the boundaries of science,” said Brad McCredie, corporate vice president, Data Center and Accelerated Processing, AMD. “Our work with Microsoft to enable large-scale AI training and inference in the cloud not only highlights the expansive technology collaboration between the two companies, but the performance capabilities of AMD Instinct MI200 accelerators and how they will ultimately help customers advance the growing demands for AI workloads.” (…) Weiterlesen »
AMD Expands Data Center Solutions Capabilities with Acquisition of Pensando
SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 26, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) today announced that it has completed its acquisition of Pensando Systems in a transaction valued at approximately $1.9 billion. Pensando’s distributed services platform will expand AMD’s data center product portfolio with a high-performance data processing unit (DPU) and software stack that are already deployed at scale across cloud and enterprise customers including Goldman Sachs, IBM Cloud, Microsoft Azure and Oracle Cloud. The Pensando team will join the AMD Data Center Solutions Group, led by AMD Senior Vice President and General Manager Forrest Norrod.
“The data center remains one of the largest growth opportunities for AMD. The addition of the Pensando Systems team with their hardware and software portfolio will enables us to offer cloud, enterprise and edge customers a broader portfolio of leadership compute engines that can be optimized for their specific workloads,” said AMD Chair and CEO Dr. Lisa Su. “Pensando’s leadership DPU complements our data center product portfolio, enabling AMD to offer solutions that can significantly accelerate data transfer speeds while providing additional levels of security and analytics that will play a larger role in defining the performance of next-generation data centers.”
Pensando will remain focused on executing their product and technology roadmaps, now with additional scale to accelerate their business and address growing market opportunities across a broader number of customers. (…) Weiterlesen »
AMD Expands Confidential Computing Presence on Google Cloud
3rd Gen AMD EPYC™ processors enable enhanced security offerings for Google Cloud N2D and C2D VMs
SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 25, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) today announced new Confidential virtual machines (VMs) on the existing the N2D and C2D VMs on Google Cloud, all powered by AMD EPYC™ processors. These VMs extend the AMD EPYC processor portfolio of Confidential Computing on Google Cloud with the performance of 3rd Gen EPYC processors in compute-optimized VMs.
A key Confidential Computing component provided by AMD EPYC processors is AMD Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV), part of AMD Infinity Guard. This advanced hardware-based security feature encrypts full system memory and individual virtual machine memory as well as isolating the VM memory from the hypervisor, without dramatically impacting performance. With the expansion of Confidential Computing in N2D and C2D VMs, Google Cloud customers now have access to advanced hardware enabled security features powered by 3rd Gen AMD EPYC processors that will help protect sensitive, wide-variety workloads.
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Phison Announces Strategic PCIe Gen5 Relationship with AMD and Micron at Computex 2022
Ecosystem collaboration between partners unveiled for PCIe Gen5 to shape technology and compute experience for the future in an always-connected world.
Taipei, Taiwan, May 23, 2022 – Phison Electronics Corp. (TPEX: 8299), a leading provider of NAND controller and flash storage solutions, announced today a strategic collaboration with AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) and Micron (NASDAQ: MU) to build a cooperative PCIe Gen5 ecosystem of compatible products that elevate the gaming and creator experience.
https://youtu.be/7RIzDxoxVFE
Phison’s role includes delivering a class-leading PCie Gen5 SSD controller – PS5026-E26 – that features nearly a 2x performance increase over the previous generation flagship while adhering to the same power limitations of the M.2 form factor.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jy6ddjEymd0
“We are pleased to announce our cooperative effort with Micron and AMD to advance the technological development of PCIe Gen5 storage offerings, as this validates Phison’s commitment to upholding customer-centric values,” said Leo Huang, Sr. Director, Product Marketing, Phison. “The E26 controller enables gamers to compete at the highest level and helps content creators to maximize the overall system performance to increase productivity.” (…) Weiterlesen »